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2019-11-24

Rising Demand for Simulation Software

ANSYS has made a strong presence at the show and sees growing interest in its simulation products.

By Sakha Pramod

“We have more than 75 strategic office locations worldwide and the Middle East is important for us. This region is critical in our strategy and there are potential customers here like Mubadala, EDGE, SAMI etc.,” said Fabrice Mekersi, President Middle East & Africa, ANSYS.

Mekersi said aerospace and defence is a key industry for ANSYS. “On the battlefield, every asset must perform as designed, to protect the people and allow them to accomplish their mission. The only way to test these equipment in all the situations they can get exposed to is through a high fidelity, multiphyisics and multi-domain simulation platform and this is what ANSYS has delivered in the last 18 years.”

He said that in order to develop advanced systems, it’s now a must to think about a multiphysics platform. “Just to give a simple example, the performance of many assets today is delivered by the electronic brain. This has to be designed looking into all EMI, signal integrity and power integrity problems. It has to perform in a harsh environment, at very high temperature and where sand and dust are everywhere, while under hostile attack: mechanical simulation (vibration, hits) and fluid dynamic simulation (cooling and ventilation) must be performed. The asset then will have a control software that could take decisions in autonomy, so you want to simulate the behaviour of the software as well. And then you want to put the device you are building inside the entire system, looking for the overall performance. This is the real strength of what you can do with ANSYS: simulate every single aspect of your product design in an integrated manner, taking into account all the phenomena it will face during real operations and optimise its performance at system level.”

“That is where we come in. ANSYS is well known for golden standard software such as ANSYS Mechanical (structural mechanic, impact, shocks, advanced materials.) ANSYS FLUENT (fluid dynamics, chemical reactions, aeroacoustics…) and HFSS (electronic, radars, antennas and sensors…). These are all combined in a Multiphysics and multidomain platform.”

In the same platform ANSYS provides solutions for semiconductors, embedded control software automated creation (advanced automation and digital twins), displays and Human Machine Interface automated creation (cockpits, control panels, control ground stations), and Optical simulation (lights, cameras, night vision, lidars). It has also developed dedicated solutions for additive manufacturing and advanced materials design, helping companies to adopt them quickly.

Mekersi said ANSYS provides software for high fidelity physic based simulation and gives comprehensive training in the services sector. He said: “Beyond the face to face training and all the workshops that ANSYS provides, it’s possible for engineers to access an online database and take online classes on more than 100 subjects, having an immediate understanding of best practices and processes.

He said many of the services developed in the U.S. are accessible to local offices and partners. “Our exclusive partners such as Fluid Codes in the Middle East are well trained to support the customer in the decision of which software solution to buy and how to implement it. They are also qualified to deliver training and other services through their offices in UAE, Saudi

Arabia and Bulgaria.”

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